NIAS Ambulance Service - ambulanza di emergenza, Outside Mater Hospital Emergency Department, 45-51 Crumlin Rd, Belfast, Irlanda del Nord, Regno Unito, BT14 6AB
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS, Irish: Seirbhís Otharchairr Thuaisceart Éireann) is an ambulance service that serves the whole of Northern Ireland, approximately 1.9 million people. As with other ambulance services in the United Kingdom, it does not charge its patients directly for its services, but instead receives funding through general taxation. It responds to medical emergencies in Northern Ireland with the 300-plus ambulance vehicles at its disposal. Its fleet includes mini-buses, ambulance officers' cars, support vehicles, RRVs and accident and emergency ambulances. NIAS was formed on 1 April 1995 through the amalgamation of its four predecessors. Its full title is the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust. The service is split up into five operational areas: Belfast Area South Eastern Area Western Area Northern Area Southern Area
